blackness

CEFRB2

/ˈblæknəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any space that such colour pervades.

Examples

  • The pupils of her eyes had the blackness of a deep chasm.

  • Tom stared into the impenetrable blackness of the night sky.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Darkness, gloominess; depression.

  2. The state or quality of being black in colour.

  3. The state of being of African descent.

More examples

In context

  • Out of the blackness came some flickers of light.

  • The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light.

  • Describes a person or thing that is authentic, the height of something, according to the authentic, natural, ‘keepin-it-real’ standards of Blackness that are believed to exist in ghetto communities. Also ghetto fab.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.